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STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town

Marvelous Inc. · XSEED Games · 2020-07-14

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CasualRPGSimulation

Franchise: Story of Seasons · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 17, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 15, 2021 (Xbox One), Jul 14, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 26, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Experience the joys of life on the farm in this reimagining of a timeless STORY OF SEASONS classic!

STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town is a 2020 Casual, RPG, Simulation game priced at $39.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 5767 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

97
playing now
93%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (20k downloads)
4.11★
PlayStation Store rating (1,168 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

97 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town is a video game for the Game Boy Advance, developed and published by Marvelous Interactive. It is the first Game Boy Advance game of the Story of Seasons series, and is a remake of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. It was first released in Japan in April 2003, in North America in November 2003, and in Europe in March 2004. Many critics praised it as the best entry of the series, combining elements from the best-selling console entries and introducing many notable series staples. It was later released on the Virtual Console for the Wii U in June 2015.

Trailer

STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town trailer thumbnail

STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 97 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 203 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,248 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 29,354 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 116k–260k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,776 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.34 at GameBillet (2025-10-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 43 of 87 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20202026Week of 2020-07-01: 1,204 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

307562026-09-15 15:00 — 289 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 85 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 154 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 307 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 85 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 125 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 198 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 56 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 132 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 210 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 75 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 74 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 108 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 114 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 137 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 141 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 151 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 88 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 132 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 253 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 71 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 116 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 187 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 97 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.8k83Jul 2020Aug 2026Jul 2020 — avg 1,788 · peak 3,682Sep 2020 — avg 269 · peak 573Nov 2020 — avg 241 · peak 654Jan 2021 — avg 326 · peak 742Mar 2021 — avg 187 · peak 385May 2021 — avg 149 · peak 255Jul 2021 — avg 220 · peak 485Sep 2021 — avg 158 · peak 463Nov 2021 — avg 89 · peak 216Jan 2022 — avg 120 · peak 233Mar 2022 — avg 91 · peak 175May 2022 — avg 158 · peak 373Jul 2022 — avg 136 · peak 289Sep 2022 — avg 95 · peak 254Nov 2022 — avg 98 · peak 280Jan 2023 — avg 136 · peak 312Mar 2023 — avg 180 · peak 451May 2023 — avg 126 · peak 292Jul 2023 — avg 200 · peak 443Sep 2023 — avg 96 · peak 238Nov 2023 — avg 83 · peak 239Jan 2024 — avg 106 · peak 246Mar 2024 — avg 126 · peak 280May 2024 — avg 120 · peak 337Jul 2024 — avg 138 · peak 310Sep 2024 — avg 139 · peak 352Nov 2024 — avg 185 · peak 479Jan 2025 — avg 193 · peak 493Mar 2025 — avg 169 · peak 364May 2025 — avg 98 · peak 197Jul 2025 — avg 162 · peak 338Sep 2025 — avg 109 · peak 243Nov 2025 — avg 123 · peak 327Jan 2026 — avg 117 · peak 281Mar 2026 — avg 102 · peak 229May 2026 — avg 102 · peak 236Jul 2026 — avg 128 · peak 283Aug 2026 — avg 106 · peak 225
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$7.872020-06-182026-10-092020-06-18 — best price $49.992020-12-22 — best price $29.992021-06-28 — best price $29.992021-09-27 — best price $39.992021-12-16 — best price $27.992022-02-03 — best price $39.992022-07-07 — best price $39.992022-11-22 — best price $19.992023-03-13 — best price $39.992023-06-30 — best price $15.992023-11-28 — best price $39.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992025-01-22 — best price $39.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-08-23 — best price $39.992025-09-03 — best price $37.712025-09-15 — best price $9.992025-10-16 — best price $39.992025-11-04 — best price $37.222025-11-20 — best price $9.992025-12-07 — best price $37.122025-12-18 — best price $7.872026-01-07 — best price $35.892026-02-18 — best price $8.902026-03-05 — best price $35.892026-03-28 — best price $35.892026-04-21 — best price $35.892026-05-07 — best price $9.992026-05-22 — best price $7.982026-06-07 — best price $33.552026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-07-24 — best price $8.792026-08-12 — best price $39.992026-08-28 — best price $39.992026-10-02 — best price $39.992026-10-09 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

151712026-05-30 — 77 pageviews2026-06-03 — 84 pageviews2026-06-07 — 101 pageviews2026-06-11 — 78 pageviews2026-06-15 — 87 pageviews2026-06-19 — 130 pageviews2026-06-23 — 84 pageviews2026-06-27 — 100 pageviews2026-07-01 — 82 pageviews2026-07-05 — 123 pageviews2026-07-09 — 96 pageviews2026-07-13 — 107 pageviews2026-07-17 — 100 pageviews2026-07-21 — 85 pageviews2026-07-25 — 113 pageviews2026-07-29 — 112 pageviews2026-08-02 — 125 pageviews2026-08-06 — 116 pageviews2026-08-10 — 131 pageviews2026-08-14 — 89 pageviews2026-08-18 — 102 pageviews2026-08-22 — 128 pageviews2026-08-26 — 144 pageviews2026-08-30 — 120 pageviews2026-09-03 — 116 pageviews2026-09-07 — 151 pageviews2026-09-11 — 108 pageviews2026-09-15 — 135 pageviews2026-09-19 — 96 pageviews2026-09-23 — 143 pageviews2026-09-27 — 136 pageviews2026-10-01 — 94 pageviews2026-10-05 — 94 pageviews2026-10-08 — 91 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
46.3%
earned "Master Chicken Keeper"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on Tablet5 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2020-07-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,82227%36
Steam (Steam)1,6756%35
Xbox One (Xbox)1,0865%35
Switch (Nintendo)2300%0
Windows (Xbox)18511%35
Switch (Nintendo)1610%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCuteAnimeCasualRemakeRomanceLife SimRelaxingDating SimOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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